Rentokil Initial plc have announced their collaboration with Google and PA Consulting Group (PA).
The announcement was made ahead of the global deployment of its innovative digital pest control products and the future development of ‘next generation’ services to offer customers new levels of proactive risk management against the threat of pest infestation.
The collaboration brings together Rentokil’s proprietary connected products and global pest control expertise; Google’s core infrastructure, data analytics and machine learning; and PA’s digital and Agile expertise as one of Google's leading global partners in the use of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Cloud Platform.
Rentokil has developed and begun to roll out its range of connected rodent control products particularly to customers in the tightly regulated food and pharmaceutical industries. In the field today, Rentokil has over 20,000 digital devices running in 12 countries which have now sent more than 3 million pieces of data.
With the widespread deployment of digital pest control services, such as connected rodent or insect traps located within customers’ premises, Rentokil will receive millions of pieces of data.
With the new agreement, all of the information will be hosted securely on the Google Cloud Platform and, together with PA’s digital data and visualisation expertise, Rentokil aims to leverage Google’s Cloud Platform and machine learning to deliver big data and predictive analytics – ultimately creating a next generation of pest control services.
Rentokil’s vision is to be able to offer its customers predictive advice and connected solutions which, for instance, map weather patterns with rodent behaviour or map swarms of insects as they cross territories.
This new depth of insight will be enabled through a suite of tools developed by the close collaboration between Rentokil, Google and PA. At the heart of this will be the online ‘Command Centre’ where Rentokil can view data from across its global operations right down to each individual trap and its specific state of service.
